Trump’s threat occurs as Panama became an elected member of the United Nations Security Council for a two-year term in ...

In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski speaks with Benjamin Gedan, Director of the Wilson Center's Latin America Program, about the geopolitical and economic significance of the Panama ...

Panama is in danger of becoming a case study of how an American hard-power win could become a soft-power loss. America did ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio yesterday voiced optimism that Panama would address concerns over Chinese influence in the Panama Canal, bringing down the tone after President Donald Trump’s ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised the Panamanian government’s decision to cut back its ties with the Chinese Communist Party following a trip to visit the Panama Canal. Rubio toured the ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Sunday that the Central American ally must immediately reduce Chinese influence over the Panama Canal area or ...

US top diplomat Marco Rubio warned Panama to immediately take steps to address US concerns over Chinese businesses operating ports near the canal, which President Donald Trump has said represent a ...

Today, it would take 27 days for a ship to travel from New York to San Francisco by going around Cape Horn — but just under 11 days if it uses the Panama Canal.

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday there will be no negotiation with the United States over ownership of the Panama Canal, and he hopes U.S. Secretary of State ...

In his inaugural address, U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to put the Panama Canal, a key global shipping route, back under the control of the United States, amid fear of growing Chinese ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to regain U.S. ownership of the Panama Canal, which the United States ...

WASHINGTON -- If the U.S. determines that China's excessive influence over the Panama Canal or high passage fees are compromising the waterway's neutrality, Washington has the "preemptive ...